This game involves two teams living in the carpet of the Serie C: Girone B, San Donato Tavarnelle holding 20th position and Montevarchi lying 17th. A nice chance for one of the sides to improve their situation.
- San Donato Tavarnelle have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie C: Girone B
- Montevarchi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither San Donato Tavarnelle nor Montevarchi as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
San Donato Tavarnelle form and stats
With 0 Serie C: Girone B wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, San Donato Tavarnelle are certainly not brimming with confidence. With eight home Serie C: Girone B games in a row without a win, the Tavarnelle fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
San Donato Tavarnelle are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Gubbio. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten in three league games.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Virtus Entella that ended 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with San Donato Tavarnelle perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tavarnelle as a small favourite), we find 6 games. San Donato Tavarnelle has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Trench warfare? In this club's last 12 league games, 9 have contained zero, one or two goals.
The manager Magrini will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cesena in only four days.
San Donato Tavarnelle aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Comunale Pianigiani in the league, with only {5 goals} from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Montevarchi form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Montevarchi so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-6 (win-draw-lose).
Montevarchi played 1-1 against Recanatese in their previous match. As mentioned above, Montevarchi drew the match against Recanatese. Manager Malotti brought on Jallow to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Imolese with the score of 2-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Montevarchi playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 4 Montevarchi wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Montevarchi are hosting Pontedera in the Serie C: Girone B only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Montevarchi as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Montevarchi struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
San Donato Tavarnelle-Montevarchi H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: San Donato Tavarnelle two wins, Montevarchi one win, two draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  G. Giordani 4 goals |  F. Russo 2 goals | E. Galligani 2 goals |
San Donato Tavarnelle missing players
Montevarchi missing players
| San Donato Tavarnelle | Montevarchi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 21 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 73% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 67% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 12% | 20% |
| 47% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 62% | 53% |
| 4.7 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.9 |
| 6.6 | 6.5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.1 | 2.6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.3 | 10.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.1 | 8.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| 19% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 16% | 20% |
| 10.6 | 11.9 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 9.4 | 9 |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 3.9 |
- Montevarchi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Montevarchi have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Montevarchi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- San Donato Tavarnelle have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- San Donato Tavarnelle have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie C: Girone B
- San Donato Tavarnelle have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Serie C: Girone B
- San Donato Tavarnelle have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Serie C: Girone B
- San Donato Tavarnelle have yet to win a game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Reggiana | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 30 |
| 2 | Gubbio | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Virtus Entella | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Cesena | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | Siena | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| 6 | Carrarese | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Ancona | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 8 | Fiorenzuola | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 9 | Pontedera | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Rimini | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 11 | Lucchese | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Sassari Torres | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | Recanatese | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | Vis Pesaro | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 15 |
| 15 | Fermana | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 16 | Imolese | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -16 | 14 |
| 17 | Montevarchi | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Alessandria | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 13 |
| 19 | Olbia | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 20 | San Donato Tavarnelle | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -11 | 9 |
